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dr. ir. P. (Paul) Buijs

Associate Professor

On-going projects

ULaaDS: Urban Logistics as an on-Demand Service

Short description: A consortium around three pilot cities (Bremen, Groningen and Mechelen) is committed to reaching zero emission city logistics by joining forces with logistics stakeholders – both established and new comers – to accelerate the deployment of novel shared and zero-emission solutions addressing major challenges stemming from the rising on-demand economy in urban logistics.

Academic partners: Fraunhofer IML

Industry partners: City of Groningen, OV Bureau Groningen-Drenthe and Dropper (all Groningen), UPS, ViaVan, EcoKoeriers, Bax Consultancy, City of Bremen, City of Mechelen and several others.

Duration: Sept 2020 – Feb 2024

Subsidy from: EU H2020

My role: Supervisor of PhD candidate, work package leader, coordinator of Groningen pilots.

Field Lab Sustainable Logistics Hubs

Short description: The aim of the Field Lab is to create insight on robust business models for the use of logistics hubs. To this end, we collaborate closely with local SMEs and government on four themes: (1) learning from prior and ongoing experiments with hubs; (2) containerization in local freight transport; (3) dynamic planning based on real-time data; and (4) LoRa for logistics.

Duration: Feb 2019 – Dec 2023

Subsidy from: Province of Drenthe

My role: Supervising PhD candidate and several MSc thesis projects.

Finished projects 

National and regional coordination in times of scarcity

Short description: The corona virus pandemic quickly resulted in severe scarcity of ICU beds, personal protective equipment and other medical instruments. Pooling of resources can help alleviate this scarcity and was a key element in the Dutch pandemic response. Also, in non-pandemic times, healthcare resources are increasingly scarce. In this project we hope to learn from the corona virus pandemic response. We study how coordination for resource pooling can best be organized by conducting interviews with key stakeholders and analyzing empirical data.

Duration: Aug 2020 – Feb 2023

Subsidy from: ZonMw

My role: Supervisor of post-docs and junior researcher, data collection and analysis.

Unburden extramural care with smart logistics

Short description: The aim of the project is to developing and (pilot) test new logistics concepts to coordinate the logistics of healthcare products and services across different healthcare actors. By drawing on recent developments in e-commerce logistics, these concepts should enable smart planning and looking ahead to facilitate healthcare organizations in delivering bundles of products and services in accordance with client’s wishes, helping more clients, while at the same time improving the quality of care.

Academic partners: TNO

Industry partners: Rivas Zorggroep, Vegro, Faros Groep, Renewi Nederland B.V., Carel Lurvink B.V., Lips+, IFC Groep B.V., Lyreco Nederland B.V., Veenman Drukkers B.V., Scholten Medische Groep B.V.

Duration: Jan 2019 – Dec 2022

Subsidy from: TKI Dinalog

My role: Supervising post-doc and MSc thesis projects. Main company contact for a pilot with Rivas Zorggroep and Vegro.

PIONEER: Physical Internet, an Outlook on Neighborhood and Environment for E-commerce Retail

Short description: PIONEER focuses on innovative logistic concepts for e-commerce – seeking a balance between service orientation, efficiency, sustainability and quality of life in urban areas. Special attention goes out to omni channel inventory management as well as the integration of so-called micro hubs and bicycle couriers in e-commerce deliveries.

Industry partners: Districon, ViaTim, Fietskoeriers.nl, Wehkamp, DHL, Centric, IMCC, Dropper, ZUPR

Duration: May 2019 – Apr 2022

Subsidy from: TKI Dinalog

My role: Supervisor of post-docs and junior researcher, supervisor of several MSc theses, company contact.

Design of LNG Networks

Short description: The underlying premise of the project was that, for liquefied natural or bio-gas (LNG) to become a truly sustainable fuel for transportation, the distribution network through which LNG is made available to its end-users should be designed and operated sustainably. Its aim was to gain insights in the network requirements in different phases in the roll-out of LNG as transport fuel and to study the impact of infrastructural development alternatives by means of developing decision models and simulation studies.

Academic partners: TU Eindhoven

Industry partners: Gasunie, Groningen Seaports, ENGIE, Energy Valley, Husa logistics, Feederlines and many others

Duration: Sep 2013 – Dec 2016

Subsidy from: TKI Dinalog

My role: Supervising a junior researcher and several MSc thesis projects

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